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Piyush Goyal met US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo on Thursday on the sidelines of the India-US CEO Forum. Goyal said that they discussed on prospects of tech and research and development collaboration in various sectors. In a post on X, he said, «Held a productive meeting with the US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo, over lunch on the sidelines of the India-US CEO Forum. Our discussions focused on prospects of tech and R&D collaboration in critical sectors such as defence, space, semiconductors, telecom, AI and clean energy. We also discussed opportunities for US investments in upcoming 20 industrial cities in India to foster mutual growth.»

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the bigger-than-expected reduction was a sign of confidence that inflation is headed back to the 2% target and should not be seen as any indication of the pace of cuts going forward. Here is a look at the latest comments from Fed policymakers, sorting them under the labels «dove» and «hawk» as a rough shorthand for their monetary policy leanings, as best as can be figured. A dove is more focused on risks to the labor market and may want to cut rates more quickly, while a hawk is more focused on the threat of inflation and may be more cautious about rate cuts.

inflation to its 2% target may take longer than expected to complete and limit how far interest rates can be cut, Richmond Federal Reserve President Thomas Barkin said on Wednesday. In an interview with Reuters, Barkin said he supported the half-percentage-point rate cut the Fed approved last month and agreed the benchmark rate could fall perhaps by another half a percentage point by the end of this year to take account of how far inflation has declined.

Angel One will be in focus after the market regulator Sebi announced a series of steps to curb derivatives trading, which have an impact on the volumes in the segment. Derivatives segment contributes a significant portion to the overall revenue for brokers given the massive surge in this segment in the recent past.

Reliance Power and Reliance Infrastructure will be in focus on Thursday as the Anil Ambani-run group announced that it will develop solar and hydroelectric power projects in Bhutan. The conglomerate said that will partner with Druk Holding and Investments Ltd. (DHI), the commercial and investment arm of the Royal Government of Bhutan, to jointly develop 500 MW of Solar and 770 MW of Hydropower projects in Bhutan.

Deven Choksey, MD, DRChoksey FinServ Pvt. Ltd, says for those stocks which are not going to have the higher amount of growth rate attached to it, the valuations will probably get moderated. There may not always be a price correction, but a possibility of time correction is there and Choksey would like to play safe. At this point of time, some of the largecap companies within the Nifty 50, Nifty 100 basket, remain relatively more solid, more sure about the growth prospects going forward. Some of the large cap companies within the Nifty 50, Nifty 100 basket, remain relatively more solid, more sure about the growth prospects going forward. What is the outlook when it comes to the broader markets versus the frontliners because as per the historical data, it seems like the broader markets are likely to take a leap ahead as compared to the frontliners for the month of October. Do you reckon it will be the case this time as well? Deven Choksey: I believe that the valuations are going to be the driving factor year after. Whenever you find stretch valuations in the broader market, be it in the midcap or a smallcap either, I guess the market would not be very easy to accept that premium valuation.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The government has named Ram Singh, Saugata Bhattacharya and Nagesh Kumar as the three new external members of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) monetary policy committee (MPC) to replace Ashima Goyal, Shashanka Bhide and Jayanth Varma, whose terms are expiring.

Shares of Humana tumbled early Wednesday after the health insurer said a Medicare Advantage quality rating drop will hurt future bonus payments the company receives

Some manufacturers and retailers are urging President Joe Biden to invoke a 1947 law as a way to suspend a strike by 45,000 dockworkers that has shut down 36 U.S. ports from Maine to Texas

Eli Lilly is pouring another $4.5 billion into expanding drug manufacturing and development

According to RSMR, the M&G Asian fund, which maintains a risk-averse position and invests in stocks with no thematic overlay, is led by a «long-standing team who have worked together for many years, including prior to their tenure at M&G». As a result, the team has secured «a credible long-term track record during which they have produced attractive risk-adjusted returns,» RSMR argued. The research house noted that the fund has a «resilient investment process» which focuses on protecting capital and is «consistently applied». Premier Miton Strategic Monthly Income Bond fund gets RS...

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Politically mixed marriages are a dwindling species in America. And this election season, these couples are finding it even harder to avoid a blowup.

China has driven its technology industry off a cliff. The number of startups fell by 50,000 between the peak in 2018 and 2023, with this year on track to be even lower. The market capitalizations of the biggest tech companies, including Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Tencent Holdings Ltd., have shrunk to the tune of hundreds of billions, and pale in comparison to US peers. There is no sign that the sector will ever rebound to what it was before a government crackdown that kicked off in late 2020, even as policymakers have signaled it’s over. Becoming a billionaire entrepreneur has become something to be feared, rather than celebrated. It’s easy for US policymakers to see this with vindication and yet more evidence of a superior tech landscape at home. And from their vantage point, they are correct: President Xi Jinping strangled a generation of entrepreneurs who could have benefited consumers and made investors a lot of money.

clean energy technology projects have exceeded $100 billion since the start of 2023 as they aim to avoid tariffs in the U.S. and elsewhere, Australian research group Climate Energy Finance (CEF) said on Wednesday. China is the world's biggest producer and exporter of products such as solar panels, lithium batteries and electric vehicles, with its investment, innovation and manufacturing capabilities leading the world by an «astonishing margin», CEF said in a research report.

renewable energy technologies, electric vehicles, and infrastructure projects tied to green initiatives. The demand for copper copper’s conductivity and durability make it indispensable for electrical systems, wind turbines, and solar power generation. The growing global push towards decarbonisation and clean energy projects is a key factor in driving sustained demand for copper, even as its prices remain highly volatile due to economic shifts and geopolitical tensions.

infrastructure player Afcons Infrastructure believes that avoiding bad projects, rather than choosing good ones, has strengthened its execution prowess over the years. The over six-decade-old company follows a stringent risk management process which has helped it deliver more than four-fifths of the projects it undertakes ahead of schedule. On average, more than half of such projects within the industry see a delay.

Reliance Infrastructure on Tuesday said its board has approved a proposal to raise ₹2,930 crore by issuing unsecured foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs) to VFSI Holdings. In a regulatory filing, the company said FCCBs will be unsecured and will have ultra-low cost interest of 5% per annum with a long maturity of 10 years.

equity derivatives — and on fewer weekly contract choices than they now have — after the markets regulator introduced a raft of measures Tuesday to curb retail participation in a segment where at least nine out of ten participants have consistently lost money over the past three years. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Tuesday increased the minimum contract size in index derivatives to ₹15 lakh from the current ₹5 lakh, making options trading costlier. At the same time, it reduced weekly index product offerings to just one per exchange, seeking to curb frenzied speculation among retail traders.

gold loan companies lost sheen on Tuesday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) called for these companies to take corrective measures for the lapses in loan sanctioning practices in the next three months. Muthoot Finance fell 3.9% and Manappuram Finance declined 1.9% as analysts see the central bank's action weighing on their ROAs (return on assets) — a key profitability ratio for lenders. The issues highlighted by RBI include improper valuation, breaches of loan-to-value (LTV) ratios, and inadequate governance in partnerships with fintech entities, said Shrikant Chouhan, head of equity research at Kotak Securities.

Zero brokerage as a service perquisite could well be a thing of the past as regulatory changes, such as Tuesday's new measures aimed at curbing the F&O frenzy, push up transaction charges and cause trading volumes to decline. Angel One, India's third-largest brokerage by client count, introduced a flat fee of ₹20 or 0.1% of turnover (whichever is lower) on cash market transactions starting November 1, anticipating a drop in revenues from the derivative segment. Previously, these transactions were free of charge.

IPO) draft prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on September 30 as it was the deadline to submit the documents with the audited financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2024. A record 15 companies registered their IPO documents on the last day of September, taking the total filings for the month to 41 — the highest ever recorded in a single month.